Prune Whip

Ingredients

• one pound prunes
• one cup sugar
• the whites of four eggs
• the grated rind and juice of one lemon
• a little salt
• one pint milk
• four tablespoons sugar

Method

1. 1

   Soak prunes, stew until tender, rub through a sieve, beat egg whites, add prunes and lemon, bake until brown.

Nutrition per serving

As published

This recipe was extracted from Fish, Flesh and Fowl: A Cook Book of Valuable Recipes, All of which Have ... (1894) by Ladies of State Street Parish, page 14. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

four tablespoons sugar, five eggs, one-half pound raisins, piece of butter on top. Bake one-half hour. Columbia. Two and one-half cups flour, one cup molasses, one cup sour milk, one-half teaspoon cinna mon, one teaspoon soda, one-half cup chopped pork or suet, one-half cup raisins. Steam three hours. 50 PUDDINGS. Cocoanut. Boil ten minutes one quart milk and three tablespoons tapioca (which has soaked in water over night), then add and let boil five minutes longer, the beaten yolks of four eggs, one cup sugar, three tablespoons cocoanut; this should be cooking enough; pour in a fancy dish and cover with the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth with three tablespoons sugar; sprinkle cocoanut on top and brown lightly. To be eaten cold. Indian, i. One quart milk (reserving one cup); scald the milk, add three tablespoons meal wet in a little cold milk; boil two minutes, then add one cup molasses, the remainder of the milk, one-half cup cold water, one egg. Bake in a moderate oven at least three hours. 2. Three tablespoons Indian meal, one cup molas- ses, two quarts milk, two eggs, butter half the size of an egg, one tablespoon ginger and two teaspoons salt. Boil half the milk and pour it on the meal, then add all the rest and bake four or five hours. English Plum. Two cups molasses, one cup milk, two cups chopped suet, two cups chopped raisins, one teaspoon salt, two teaspoons soda, beat in the molas- ses, nutmeg, cloves and mace to taste, few strips citron and flour enough to make it stiff. Steam five hours. 2. Beat six yolks and four whites of eggs very light, and add to them a tumbler of sweet milk; stir in gradually one-fourth pound grated stale bread, one pound flour, three-quarters pound sugar, pound each of beef suet, chopped fine, currants nicely washed and dried, stoned raisins well floured; stir well, then add two nutmegs, a tablespoon mace, one of cinnamon, one-half of cloves, one wine glass brandy, one tea- PUDDINGS. 51 spoon salt, and finally another tumbler of milk; one pound of citron (blanched sweet almonds are also a great addition but may be omitted); boil in bowls or moulds five hours. These will keep for months. When wanted steam one hour. Serve with a sauce made of drawn butter, sugar, wine and nutmeg. Mountain Dew. One pint milk, four tablespoons pounded cracker, yolks three eggs well beaten; bake to a light brown; beat the whites of the eggs with one cup sugar and the juice of one lemon, spread over the pudding and brown lightly. To be eaten cold.* Queen of Puddings. One pint bread crumbs, one quart milk, yolks four eggs, piece butter size of an egg, one cup sugar, the grated rind of one lemon; bake one-half hour. Spread preserves or jelly on top, then cover with the whites of the eggs, beaten to a stiff froth with one cup sugar and the juice of one lemon. Brown lightly. Scarboro Puffs. One quart milk, one tablespoon butter, twelve eggs, little salt; boil the milk, and while boiling, stir in flour until the batter is stiff enough for the spoon to stand up in when cold; after it is cold, stir in the butter, and one egg at a time without beat- ing; drop from a spoon into hot lard and fry a light brown; roll while hot in sugar and cinnamon, mixed. Sauce: To a cup of cream, beaten to a froth, add one cup sugar and flavor to taste. Sponge. One cup sugar, one-half cup butter, one cup milk, four eggs, two teaspoons cream tartar, one of soda, three cups flour. Bake one hour. Eat with liquid sauce. 52 PUDDINGS. Tapioca Cream. Soak over night three tablespoons tapioca in water enough to soften and cover it; in the morning scald one quart milk and stir in the tapioca, then add the yolks of three eggs, well beaten with one cup sugar and a little salt. Beat the whites of the eggs with three tablespoons sugar and spread on top. To be eaten cold. Orange Cream. Soak one-fourth box gelatine in one-fourth cup cold water till well softened; scald one pint milk and pour over the gelatine, and stir in the yolks of two eggs and sugar to taste; when smooth and thick, strain and cool, then add the juice of three or four oranges and a little orange flavoring, and the stiffly beaten whites of the eggs, or better still, one cup whipped cream. Set on ice until wanted. Rye. One pint milk, two eggs, little salt, three tablespoons rye meal; steam one-half hour, and then the rye should be on top and bottom with the custard between. Serve with sauce. Pineapple. Soak one-half box gelatine in one-half cup water two hours; grate one small pineapple into a sauce pan with one cup sugar, one cup water, simmer ten minutes, add the gelatine and strain; when cool, add the whites of four eggs, and beat until it begins to thicken, then put into a mould to harden. Serve cold with a soft custard flavored with wine. Carrot. One-half pint grated bread crumbs, one- fourth pound flour, one-fourth pound butter, one-half pound candied cherries, one-half pound boiled and sifted carrot, one-half pound sugar, cne teaspoon baking powder, little salt and two eggs. Steam in melon mould two and one-half hours. Serve with hot sauce. PUDDINGS. 53 Apple Meringue. Make a syrup of one and one- half pints water, two cups, sugar and one lemon; pare and quarter ten apples, cook in the syrup until they are red, then put in a dish that will hold at least one quart; make a custard of one pint milk, yolks three eggs, one-half cup sugar and flavor with lemon; when it becomes cold, pour over the apples and cover with frosting made from the whites of the eggs and two tablespoons confectioners' sugar. • Brown in the oven. To be eaten cold. Fig. One-half pound bread crumbs, one- half pound figs chopped fine, one-half pound suet, chopped fine> little salt, one-half cup sugar, two eggs well beaten; flavor with nutmeg. Boil in a tin pudding mould four hours. Eat with hot sauce Almond Rice. Blanch one-half cup almonds; put with one cup well washed rice, one-fourth cup sugar, one-half teaspoon salt, into three cups hot milk and cook in double boiler till the rice is tender. Serve hot or cold with jelly and whipped cream. Snow Balls. One cup flour, three well beaten eggs, one cup sugar, one tablespoon milk, one-half teaspoon soda, one teaspoon cream tartar. Steam in cups thirty minutes. Serve with liquid sauce. Prune Whip. Soak one pound prunes over night; in the morning stew till tender with one cup sugar, then rub through a sieve; beat till stiff the whites of four eggs, then add the sifted prunes and the grated rind and juice of one lemon; beat all well together, then heap on a dish and bake in the oven till a delicate brown. Serve with whipped cream or a custard made with one pint milk, the beaten yolks four eggs, four tablespoon ssugar and a little salt

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